The Mexican Quarter

KnightRider Hey Cannafam, Welcome to my Mexican Quarters Diary 😊 I first tried this strain about 25 years ago after a friend of mine grew it in a cupboard under a SMH bulb, the space was half the size of my tent and still to this day im not sure how he didn't burn the house down with the heat! Some strains leave an impression on you and i remember this strain being really happy with big fuzzy/bloodshot eyes. Shes been on my to do list for a long time and hopefully she'll be as i remember! Il be growing 4 small plants with the plan being a fairly short veg time amd then flower. Ive had the seeds for a while so they had a good soaking in great white and then planted straight into plagron royal mix, 3 came up ok but the 4th didnt and i gently had a dig last night. Somehow shed curled up poped her casing which had gone onto the end of the taproot, i very gently removed the casing and placed the curled root about 1mm into the soil and dripped some water on, i think she'll be ok but we'll see. PPFD is at 300 with a DLI of 22 and VPD currently at 0.93. Lets see how these gals do, lets grow 😁💚

KnightRider Hey Cannafam Happy Friday, My Mexican girls have had a good start this week 3 have just started their second set of leaves and the 4th survived her strangulation and is gonna make it, she may not catch up but we'll see how she goes overall 😊 Ive struggled a bit with low humidity this week and a wet cloth has been in tent to help keep it up, Vpd is currently 1.07 so a bit high. Ive also dialled back the light slightly and their now ar 250ppfd and 18 DLi as there were a few signs of stress at the beginning of the week, but these gals are happy now. Thats all for now, thanks for stoppin by 😊✌️

KnightRider Hey Cannafam Happy Friday, My Mexican gals had a fairly good week and have put on another couple of leaf sets and looking a nice lush green, the 4th which im calling stumpy 😊 is doing ok but theres no way she'll be catching up to her sisters unless when i start feeding i starve them and feed her 🤔 Ive not fed amything yet as theres plenty in the Royal mix to keep them going but will probably start soon. Environment has been all over the place this week with VPD between 0.89 - 1.3 due to high outside temps and humidity swings, ive still got the wet cloth in the tent to keep humidity up and VPD is currently at 1.08. Ive brought the light height up for better coverage and were still at 250 ppfd with a DLI of 18 although im gonna start increasing this now their more established. Theyre now starting to take off more and im thinking maybe another week in Veg before flipping into flower, but il guestimate how much theyre gonna stretch at the end of next week before doing so. Thats all from me for now, thanks for stopping by 😊✌️

KnightRider Hey Cannafam Sorry for the late update but its been a bit hectic this end. I flipped these gals over to flower midweek and things went downhill from there, one of the bigger ones i had noticed what looked like a little verigation earlier in the week and i didn't think much of it as a nice little quirk but she then developed marking on leaves almost like the tissue had been stripped internally and she completely wilted(pictured) It then became apparent that i had a really aggresive bug or a virus might be present. The plant directly in front of her then followed suit pretty soon after. The_Club_7 kindly pointed out for me that this looked like HPVd 🙏 Both plants were removed and destroyed. Everything was then taken out of the tent and has been cleaned with the tent also. Unfortunately both plants shared a drip tray with one of the others so it may be the case that they have to go as well, but i hope not ☹️🤞🤞🤞 On a more positive note growth on the two gals left has been good with the tallest at 11 inches and the plant that was smallest a little shorter, shes nearly caught up! The remaining gals have also had their first feed with alga bloom and trace ahd light has been increased to 540 PPFD with a DLI of 23 and when flowering commences proper il turn the side lighting on as well. Thats all from me for now, thanks for stoppin by ✌️💚

KnightRider Hey Cannafam, Its been a busy week for my Mexican gals, theyve been stretching away and pumping out leaves. Although i was unhappy at scrapping two of them its probably worked out for the best as ive really struggled with humidity this week and the dehumidifier has been on 24/7 and this is part of the reason i normally only run one plant in the cupboard thesedays. The plant at the front of the tent is the one that started life well behind but somehow shes caught up and the same height as her sister 😊 The one as the back of the tent was quite bushy and i stripped out the mid section of fan leaves to let some light in, both have had two feeds this week but the one at the back is drinking twice as much water. Im also exceptionally pleased as it looks like both are gonna be ok and will not need to be culled 😁 No pistils yet the smell has increased slightly, i know its more of a waiting game but i haven't run photoperiods for a long time and this alone makes me a bit edgey. Ive also started running the sidelighta at level 1 abd theyre getting 100ppfd from the side and 700ppfd from the top, il monitor and adjust as necessary based on how they react, thats all from me for now, thanks for stopping by 😊✌️

KnightRider Hey Cannafam Happy Weekend, Well my Mexican Gals are properly in flower now and their pistils have started coming through 😊 Ive dailled back the lights as i did notice some scalloping of their up leaves and some signs of light stress on their tips at the beginning of the week and have adjusted things, they are now getttimg 300 ppfd from the main light and ive turned up the side lights to level 5 so they are also getting 300 ppfd from the sides. This only my 2nd grow using side lights in flower but i quite like the lower wrap around effect rather than just giving everything from the top. I think both have finished stretching now, or at least i hope so as they've grpwn significantly in size and ive moved the main light to the top of the tent! The gal i had defoliated has had a little more taken due to bushiness and the other plant ive left alone as she was more open, il just leaf tuck, use lst if needed. Also the plant which has been left alone is actually the one that started life much smaller after nearly chokin on her seed case, shes now actually slightly taller then her sister, u go girl 😁 Its been another week of battling humidity due to the weather outside which has been in the 90s and the dehumidifier has been working overtime, the environment has not been where id like it, but i am controlling as much as possible. Two feeds for these gals this week one with flowering nutes and one with calmag and so far so good theyreboth lookin happy n healthy 😊 Thats all from me for now, thanks for stoppin by ✌️💚